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In Defense of Israel | 
 enlarge | Author: John Hagee
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Pages: 207
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ISBN: 1599792109
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Publication Date: October 2, 2007
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In Defense of Israel By John Hagee Why is the Middle East in such turmoil? Is the modern State of Israel in the plan of God? Can and should Christians do more than pray for Israel? Does God's Word contain instructions to Christians regarding the treatment of Jewish people? In the near-thirty years John Hagee has been a lover of Israel, he has grappled with each of these questions. Like him, most Christians today don't know much about the Jewish faith or the history of the Jewish nation. They don't understand what is truly at stake in the Middle East conflict and why Christians need to do more than just pray for the peace of Jerusalem. They don't know the role they've been called to play in relationship with Israel, and they aren't sure how God feels about Israel today, either. As Hagee guides readers through the scriptures that explain why Christians need to stand with Israel and the Jews today with as much fervor as God does, they will encounter a man deeply passionate about loving this historic people of God. They'll be inspired to take up that same mantle of love and play a part in extending acceptance and favor to the people of Israel, just as God has called them to do.
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 Shameful writing that is Anti-Christ Doctrine October 30, 2007
DarrenGJohnson (Georgia, USA)
80 out of 100 found this review helpful
If you have read Jerusalem Countdown, then you have basically read most of this book. Hagee repeats his arguments about how bad the Church has been, especially the Roman Catholic Church, throughout history in their persecution of the Jews. This is not without merit, because what he is saying is true, but he leaves out the Jewish persecutions of the Church and always cast them in the best light possible. He does the same thing with modern day Israel. He, for some reason thinks that they can do no wrong and that they have become more important than the Church.
Hagee, has become anti-Christ in his teaching by now denying that Jesus was the Messiah. He is actually now claiming that Jesus did not think of himself as the Messiah and that he is going to be the Messiah at the Second Coming, but not at the first coming. He makes this argument in an attempt to rescue Jews from the charge of rejecting their Messiah, since they cannot reject something that was not yet offered. The word Christ or Messiah appears 515 times in the New Testament in reference to Jesus. Anyone who reads the New Testament will be able to see this grave and heretical error that John Hagee is now promoting. John Hagee has said that Jesus did not claim to be the Messiah, but merely the Lamb of God. Here is a conversation between Jesus and the woman at the well in John's Gospel that shows the error of such a teaching John 4:25-26 says "25The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us." 26Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who is speaking to you."
Notice that Jesus says he is the Messiah in John 4:26. Now look at Acts 2:36 "Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified."
John Hagee has now crossed the line and gone way outside the realm or the gospel and is now preaching contrary to the New Testament. John Hagee needs to repent and preach the opposite today. This is shameful and it is time for evangelicals everywhere to call John Hagee on this anti-Christ doctrine that he is now preaching.
One can love the people of modern day Israel and still preach the gospel to them and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah. Hagee carries dispensationalism and Christian Zionism to the extreme in this book.
 John Hagee's Confusion December 8, 2007
David Levine
35 out of 43 found this review helpful
I'm stunned that Pastor Hagee would argue that Jesus isn't the Messiah.
Perhaps his fans don't understand that Messiah and Christ are synonyms. But surely his publishers and colleagues do. So it's difficult to understand how he can avoid correction for teaching that Jesus isn't the Christ. Christos, incidentally, was the Greek term used in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Jewish Bible by Jewish scholars several centuries before the birth of Jesus.
As a Messianic Rabbi, I not only love Yeshua the Messiah and the Jewish people, I also appreciate honest Biblical teaching and scholarship. This book is deficient in both its honesty and its scholarship.
 Why We Christians Should Always Support Israel September 25, 2007
FBRobertson (SC United States)
34 out of 66 found this review helpful
If there is one thing that I have learned after becoming a Christian is that there is a great deal of love growing in my heart toward Israel. Christians, whether in the United States, Western Europe, or wherever, must come together in love toward Israel--seek life and protection and care for Israel. John Hagee is an example of a Christian leader who loves Israel. His compassion toward the Jewish people should be an example for each and every one of us. For almost two thousand years (since the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD) up to mid-20th century, the Jewish people were spread far and wide--but now they have come home. We as Christians must protect Israel, defend Israel, and demand that our representatives protect and defend Israel. To turn our backs on the Jewish people, as found in this book, is to turn our backs upon God's decrees to care for His people. This may be the Church Age ushered in at Pentecost to what we as Christians are today, a call toward all people--both Jew and Gentile alike--but we the Church must never ever either turn our backs on Israel or promote turmoil toward Israel. By reading In Defense of Israel I hope that you find your eyes and minds and hearts open to the need to care for the Jewish people and their God-given state, Israel. Hagee goes into account of the history of Israel, the history of anti-Semitism, and the call to Christians to support the Jewish people. I hope that you are educated by this book.
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As has been asked, I am giving a bit more information about this book. Hagee's book is more of an introduction than a heavy theological thesis concerning the Christian's obligation (both the Jewish Christian and the Gentile Christian) to take care of Jews and the Jewish land, Israel, given to Abraham by God as seen in Genesis (and forward through the times of Moses to David, et cetera). There are better books out there for more in-depth exploration toward the "Jewish question" (as might be considered), still, the book contains enough theology and background information to act as an introduction to those who wish to start understanding not only what is going on in Israel as of right now, but also toward understanding God's plans for Israel as found in both the Old Testament and in the New Testament. There is also a consideration and examination toward anti-Semitism.
But again, this book is an introduction to why Hagee believes that we as Christians should come together and stand next to our brothers and sisters under God's plan, that is, the reason why Christians should care for and protect (and seek governmental protection) toward Israel as Israel faces as much persecution now through the evils that surround this nation given by God. There will be people who disagree with this book simply because they disagree with PreMill interpretation of prophecy--but don't let that make you turn away from the book! Whatever your studies and interpretation of prophecy, we must still all remember that (as Hagee points out directly and explicitly) the Jews are still the Jews, Abraham's children, and thus we must care for them and the country given to them by God as promised from God to Abraham all the way through David and into the future.
This Book is Based on a False Premise September 28, 2007
Russell A. Roberts
28 out of 50 found this review helpful
This book is based on the false premise that ethnic Israel continues to play a role in the economy of God. To assert that God deals with ethnic Jews on a different basis is to make the same mistake of Paul's imaginary opponents in the book of Romans and a flat denial of Romans 2:11 which states plainly that "there is no partiality with God." First century Jews believed that God's people were defined by two factors: 1) ethnicity, and 2) works of law (Torah). Paul argues that God's people are defined by neither but by faith in Jesus Christ.
In Romans Paul shows that those who comprise Israel is not based on ethnicity or works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ. Succinctly stated "someone is a Jew who is one inwardly and circumcision is of the heart....." (Rom.2:29). Further, the 'promised land' is not a small patch of land in the Middle East but is worldwide in scope (Rom. 4:13). Paul proves his assertion that ethnicity is not a determinative factor in defining God's people in Romans 9 by pointing out that God chose Jacob over Esau despite the fact that both were direct descendants of Abraham. Concerning the Jewish boast in works of the law, Paul explained that it had functioned in paradoxical fashion within ethnic Israel to make them slaves to sin and the objects of God's wrath (Gal. 3:22, Rom. 4:15, 5:20, & 9:22).
Despite the wholesale rejection of Christ by the Jews, salvation was and is still available through faith. Those who accept Jesus Christ by faith are the 'remnant chosen by grace' of which Paul was a prime example (Rom. 11:1-5). The natural branches had been broken of because of UNBELIEF. Interestingly, even the wholesale rejection by Israel and acceptance by the Gentiles had been prophesied in scripture and was within God's providential plan. Acceptance by the Gentiles would provoke the Jews to jealousy. Their acceptance of Jesus Christ would mean nothing less than life from the dead, resurrection. Realizing that this was God's plan, Paul could barely contain his wonder and cries out in praise to God in Rom. 11:33 "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!"
This aspect of God's plan energized Paul for the Gentile mission. Motivated by love for the ethnic Jews, Paul vigorously executed his mission to the Gentiles. We should continue to evangelize both Jews and Gentiles not succumbing to the pressure by false theologians like Hagee, who believes that God will deal with ethnic Jews on a basis other than faith in Christ. Please buy a good commentary on Romans before purchasing or believing what John Hagee has to say in this book. I recommend N.T. Wright's commentary in the New Interpreter's Bible.
Hagee DENIES Jesus came to be Messiah! October 22, 2007
Richard A. Mc Gough
28 out of 37 found this review helpful
Before proving Hagee's apostasy from the Christian faith, it is important for the reader to understand that I stand firm in my support of Israel for humanitarian and political reasons. I love the Jewish people, delight in their music, literature and culture, and deeply appreciate that God used them to bring forth Jesus the Messiah and the Holy Bible that proclaims the Gospel of His Messiahship "to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile." I condemn any form of anti-semitism as anti-christian and a sure sign of spiritual alienation from God. But I also know that you do not "show love and support" to Israel by denying that Jesus Christ is their Messiah, which is exactly what John Hagee has done.
In his book "In Defense of Israel," beginning in the section called "The Jews did not Reject Jesus as Messiah" (p. 132) John Hagee relentlessly twisted Scripture in his attempt to prove that Jesus Christ did not come "to be Messiah to the Jews." His denial of Jesus as the Christ (Messiah) cannot be overlooked as a mere "slip of his pen" because he repeated his assertion "seven ways from Sunday" as seen in this sample of seven quotes from his book:
* If God intended for Jesus to be the Messiah of Israel, why didn't he authorize Jesus to use supernatural signs to prove he was God's Messiah, just as Moses had done? (p. 137)
* Jesus refused to produce a sign ... because it was not the Father's will, nor his, to be Messiah. (p 138)
* If Jesus wanted to be Messiah, why did he repeatedly tell his disciples and followers to "tell no one" about his supernatural accomplishments? (p. 139)
* The Jews were not rejecting Jesus as Messiah; it was Jesus who was refusing to be the Messiah to the Jews. (p. 140)
* They wanted him to be their Messiah, but he flatly refused. (p. 141)
* He refused to be their Messiah, choosing instead to be the Savior of the world (p. 143)
* Jesus rejected to the last detail the role of Messiah in word or deed. (p. 145)
John Hagee's words directly contradict the central message of the entire New Testament. Indeed, John Hagee's words directly contradict the fundamental declaration that defines the Christian Faith, which is that Jesus is the Messiah (i.e. the Christ). This is what Peter declared in his first sermon to thousands of his fellow Jews gathered at Pentecost (Acts 2:36): "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ [MESSIAH]."
Likewise, this was the first thing Saul, the Jew from Tarsus, proclaimed to his fellow Jews in the synagogues immediately after the scales fell from his eyes (Acts 9:20-23): "And straightway he preached Christ [MESSIAH] in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ [MESSIAH]. And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:"
Google "The Apostasy of John Hagee" (with the quotes) and pick the top link to read more of this review.
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